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overorganize

American  
[oh-ver-awr-guh-nahyz] / ˌoʊ vərˈɔr gəˌnaɪz /
especially British, overorganise

verb (used with object)

overorganized, overorganizing
  1. to stress formal structure, status, rules, and details excessively.


verb (used without object)

overorganized, overorganizing
  1. to become overorganized.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of overorganize

First recorded in 1895–1900; over- + organize

Example Sentences

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“You might feel like you’re being overorganized, but this is how I do things,” Murnane said, leaning back in a chair.

From New York Times Mar. 27, 2018

“The world of hip-hop veers between the wonderful anarchic and the overorganized lawyer-controlled environment,” Schippers says, which means that getting clearances and licensing permission took time and money.

From Washington Post Nov. 3, 2017

"This place is overorganized," complains a Washington Post newsman.

From Time Magazine Archive

The danger is that you can become overorganized and start getting answers and information that you don't really need.

From Time Magazine Archive

Francis Coppola has made a richly detailed, intelligent film that uses overorganized crime as a metaphor to comment on the coldness and corruption of an overorganized modern world.

From Time Magazine Archive

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